Folded shirt securing means



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SI/EN O-SKAR LUNDIN United States Patent FOLDED SHIRT SECURING MEANS Sven Oskar Lundin, Skovde, Sweden, assignor to Aktielsiolaget Melka, Goteborg, Sweden, a corporation of weden Application July 2, 1956, Serial No. 595,478 2 Claims. (Cl. 223-71) Under-garments, such as shirts, for sale are usually folded over a suitably shaped sheet of pasteboard and fastened up by means of pins at such places as to ensure that the garment after being folded up maintains a neat appearance. However, the use of pins is connected with several inconveniences. If the garment is stored up in moist air, the pins which are usually of steel may cause spots of rust and also may cause the fabric of the garment to be frayed if the garment is carelessly manipulated. Another inconvenience consists in that the wearer when using the garment for the first time may get pricked by a pin not removed from the garment.

The object of the invention is to provide a means for fastening up garments of the type referred to without the use of pins or similar fastening members.

I attain this object by means illustrated in the annexed drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shirt folded and fastened up in accordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IIII, Fig. l.

The shirt 1 is in the usual manner folded over a sheet 2 of pasteboard, the folded side portions of the shirt, the sleeves and the folded lower portion of the shirt being placed upon each other beneath the collar 3. A relatively weak thread 4 is passed through the various layers of the folded shirt so as to form a loop which is tied together on the lower side of the shirt. Thereupon a strong thread 5 is passed through the loop in front of the shirt. The ends of the thread 5 may be inserted into a seal 6 which serves as a handle. To un- Patented June 9, 1959 "ice fasten the shirt, it is merely necessary to exert a pull on the thread 5 in order to break the weak thread 4 whereupon the shirt can be unfolded. The seal 6 may also serve as a controlling-mark to indicate that the shirt has not been previously unfolded or used.

Garments having long sleeves are usually folded up in a manner such that the cuffs project on either side and are then folded over the front of the garment. In such case the cuffs are advantageously held in place by means of an endless strip 7 suitably consisting of a plastic foil or similar material, the length of the strip 7 being chosen such that it can be passed upon the folded garment and will maintain its position without the use of fastening members. The buttons 8 for the buttonholes of the cuffs may be used to prevent the strip 7 from sliding ofi the garment.

What I claim is:

1. In a shirt having a collar and sleeves with its side portions folded inwardly, its lower portion folded upwardly and with the folded side portions, the folded lower portion and the sleeves placed upon each other in assembled relation beneath the collar, means for fastening said shirt in assembled position comprising a relatively weak thread means of low tensile strength extending through the assembled portions of the shirt in an area adjacent the collar and forming a loop, the ends of the loop being secured together, and a second thread means of greater tensile strength than the loop forming thread means extending through the loop in pulling engagement therewith and serving as a breaking member for the loop forming thread means.

2. The device as set forth in claim 1 and including a seal receiving the ends of the second thread means outside the loop and forming a handle for pulling said second thread means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 946,165 Stix Jan. 11, 1910 2,120,466 Hiss June 14, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS 679,605 Germany July 20, 1939 

